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1. Is psychiatry different? An economic perspective 2. Tapering ... to mitigate withdrawal symptoms "People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:44:54 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: Is psychiatry different? An economic perspective To promote better practice, providers, researchers, and policy makers should first acknowledge psychiatry's dependence on public investment. The allocation of additional government resources to behavioural health will help to attract and retain providers and expand consumer access to long-term treatments. A robust supply of services is otherwise impossible to achieve. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30046-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email www.peoplewho.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:50:39 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: Tapering ... to mitigate withdrawal symptoms Tapers over a period of months and down to doses much lower than minimum therapeutic doses have shown greater success in reducing withdrawal symptoms. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30032-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email www.peoplewho.org ------------------------------ End of IRIS Digest - 22 Mar 2019 to 29 Mar 2019 (#2019-13) **********************************************************
